Read full article: Roanoke community honors MLK Jr. on 58th anniversary of assassination The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, known as the “Six Triple Eight,” was ...

The Congressional Gold Medal will be presented to the family of unit commander Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley at the Capitol Visitor Center. To recognize the women of the Six Triple Eight who made up ...

Anna Mae Robertson, a trailblazing World War II veteran and one of the last surviving members of the historic Six Triple Eight battalion, has died at 101 years old. Her family confirmed her passing ...

Elizabeth Barnes of Norfolk died late last year at the age of 102 without ever telling her family or friends she’d served in ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — State officials gathered at the Connecticut State Capitol on Wednesday to honor the legacy of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, also known as “The Six Triple ...

The only black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the Six Triple Eight, will be presented Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal, following a long-running ...

It took nearly 80 years, but the remarkable legacy of the “Six Triple Eight” is finally getting the national recognition it deserves. On Tuesday, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — the ...

Descendants of the women who served in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, (Six Triple Eight) are expressing outrage at a recent announcement by the 47th president, who said in a June 10 ...

Anna Mae Robertson, one of the last known surviving members of the famed 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, died May 30. She was 101. Robertson, and all the 855 members of the “Six Triple ...

The all-Black female WWII unit, the "Six Triple Eight," was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award that Congress can bestow upon a civilian. On Tuesday, the 6888th unit, which is ...

Anna Mae Robertson, 101, was one of the last surviving members of the “Six Triple Eight,” an all Black, all-female WWII battalion. Anna Mae Robertson, a trailblazing World War II veteran and one of ...